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Yesterday was a very light trading session as far as economic data went with some reports on the state of the Euro-Zone economies mostly soft. The French INSEE Business Survey showed own-company production taking a hit in August, dropping to -7 from 0, coming also...
Futures Trading Education
The S&P500 closed above 2000 for the first time aided by a generally better than expected set of US economic releases and more M&A news. The latest is Switzerland’s Roche is slated to acquire San Francisco based biotech company InterMune for $8.3...
Futures Trading Education
Yesterday’s Bank Holiday in the UK was a factor in constraining market liquidity but did not stop the S&P making yet another new high however for the fourth time this month the Dow failed to make it past its July high of 17150. The German IFO Survey for...
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News on Friday that the Russian aid convoy had entered Ukraine without permission and reports of 18,000 Russian troops amassing on Ukraine’s borders provoked quite a strong bout of ‘safe’-haven’ buying at the longer end of the US Treasury curve, in particular. This...
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We have seen some profit taking and position unwinding ahead of today’s Jackson Hole Fed Symposium which has left Bond Yields a little lower and the US Dollar lower. Equities continued their cautious upswing with the S&P closing up 0.3% to post yet another...
Futures Trading Education
After making consistent gains over the past two days the US Dollar was given another modest leg up yesterday with the Dollar Index rising another 0.2% after some snippets from the July 29/30 FOMC Meeting pointed to a more lively debate over US Labour market...
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